Cut-marker for slashers



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GUT MARKER FOR SLASHERS.

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, GUT MAEKEE FOE SLASHERS. No. 249,098. Patented Nov. 1,1881

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"UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

ORRIN M. ROLFE, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUT-MARKER FOR SLASHERS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 249,098, dated November 1, 1881.

Application filed April 16, 1881. (No model.) I

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORRIN M. Home, ofLowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented anew and Improved Gut-Marker for Slashers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In the manufacture of cotton goodsthema-rks called cut-marks, whichindicate pieces or cuts of forty, fifty, sixty, or more yards, are putupon the warp in the process of dressing or sizing the same, usually bymeans of a roller (which has interchangeable large and smallgear-wheels) placed in the slasher near the measuringwheel, which rollercarries a block from a trough or box containing coloring material slowlyupward to a point where, at the proper time, it rolls against the warp,leaving the cut-mark, and from thence falls back into the color-box.

The object of my invention is a cut-marker which will deliver the marksuddenly, as by a blow, and then cause the brush to move down into thecolor-box with a slow, steady movement, which will not cause thecoloring material to be splashed upon the warp; and to this endmyinvention consists of a cut-marker having such construction astoimpartto the marking-brush an accelerated or stroke motion at thatportion only of its revolution around the shaft where it comes incontact with the warp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of myinvention. Fig. 2 'is an end view thereof. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 areelevations, respectively, of the weight, the rigid arm, oneofthebrush-arms, and the hollow segmentor are, all detached from theshaft. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of an ordinary slasher with thepinions of the cut-marker attached.

Similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts.

The shaft A is mounted in the brackets B B, and is revolved by thebeveled-gear wheels 0 G. The shaft of thelower or horizontal pinion 0bears a second pinion, c, gearing with a like pinion, c, borne by ashaft, I, rotating in bearings secured in one side of the slasherframeK. The other extremity of said shaft bears a worm wheel, 1 actuated by aworm borne by the shaft L of a copper'roll, said roll being driven bythe moving yarn passing around it.

M N are themeasuringand drying cylinders.

Itigidly secured to the shaft A is the arm D and the hollow segment orare E, and loosely placed upon the shaft are the marking-arms G G andthe weightF. The ends ddof the rod to which the brush H is attached aresecured in the sockets formed on the ends of the arms G G by set-screw,and by this means the brush is adjustable, so as to reach a properdistance into the trough or box J, which contains the ink or othercoloring material. The weightF is provided with the pinsff, and the armGris provided with the pin g, and the arm G is provided with theextension g. The segment E and the arm D are placed upon the shaft sothat one arm of the segment and the arm D will come in line with eachother, and so as to engage with the pins 9 and f, so that when the shaftis revolved the brush and the weight will be carried up simultaneously.When the weight passes the vertical line above the shaft it falls of itsown weight over the shaft, and the pin f thereof strikes againsttheextension g of the arm G and throws the brush suddenly forward againstthe warp, leaving a distinct and always perfect cut-mark thereon, thehollow segment permitting the necessary forward movement of brush-armsfor the purpose. The pin g of the arm G, after delivering the mark, willrest upon the arm of the segment which is not in line with the arm D,and is thereby caused to move slowly around into the color-box, where itremains at rest until again carried up by the segment, as before.

1 do not confine myself to the exact construction of my improvedcut-marker as herein shown and described, as it is obvious that variouschanges could be made and not depart from the spirit of my inventionas,for instance, the arm D might be dispensed with, and the purpose of thesegment might be ac com plished in various ways, and other changes mightbe made; but the construction shown and described is the preferredconstruction.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The marking-brush H and the shaft A, incombination with arm D,segment E, weight F, pinsf, f, and g, andextension 9, substantially as described, for imparting to the brush atthat portion of its revolution where it'comes in contact with the warpan accelerated or stroke motion, as and for the purposes speci' thebrush H, the weight F, loosely placed upfied. on the shaft, the arm D,and segment or are 2. The shaft A, arms G G, pinsf,f, and g, E, rigidlysecured to the shaft, the weight be and weight F, loosely placed uponthe shaft, ing provided with the pinsff, the arm G be- I5 5 incombination with the segment E, rigidly ing provided with the pin handthe arm Gbesecured to the shaft, the arm G being formed ing providedwith the extension 9, substanwith the extension g, substantially as andfor tially as and for the purpose specified.

the purposes specified. ORRIN M. ROLFE.

3. The cut-marker herein shown and de- \Vitnesses: o scribed, consistingof the shaft A, arms G G, DANIEL L. Oseoon,

loosely placed upon the shaft A and carrying GEO. H. STEVENS.

